Grade Deflation

 August 13th

A-Level Grades released today, cue major controversy over adjustments to grades.

Someone should come and do a similar job over at;

Twistleton Scar;

Arrived to find the army cadets camped out in the main sectors.   So drawn to a couple of compelling lines on the walls left of the descent gully.  Cue spanking for AT.

 

Timbuktu (left)

Guide grade HS 4c

UKC VS 4b

A great lead by CB

Offset by a poor 2nd.

VS 5a in my book.

The start moves up Julio Pero to the ledge below the RH groove to the ledge are desperate.

CB made it with some power and trickery

UKC  S4b

Guide S

HS 4c  in my book

CB finishes it off, after it had finished me off.

One of the two battalions seeing action at the crag.

AT recovered a modicum of form up Night Club

UKC HVD 

Guide VD

AT - Severe

Another view (pic from the guide book - © Adi Gill)

A bong went in here and the head came back into gear.

Finished on Skeleton Scoop 

VD going on S4b 

Surprise surprise

Mountainous cloud east of Ribble Head

Timbuktu (CB. ATdog)  HS 4c

Julio Pio (CB ATdog) S

Dr Banda (AT) Diff

Night Club (AT) VD

Skeleton Scoop (CB) VD

All grades as per guide

Ego in need of re-inflation.

More W_More

 Friday August 7th

The Return of Mr B, almost a year to the day, various combinations enforcing a long lay off.  Even before then the summer of 2019 had been pretty much written off testing the best of the local NHS and recovering.

No action photos, suffice to say that all problems dealt with and despatched in good order.

Plenty of People out, a trio of acquaintances from over the Pennines, another group of three, and a gang of youngsters on a supervised session.

Routes done

All TR

Grassy Crack

Wall St

Lime St

Sneakthief

Bloodbath(*)

Centurion

Legion

Wall St

(*) Regrettably lived up to it's name, whilst scrambling up ledges to switch anchors a big block collapsed under foot and banged up AT right shin.  FA kit came into action.  The threesome leading at the LH side (out of sight) returned with a walking wounded, having dislodged a large block whilst seconding which ratlled past his foot leaving badly bruised toes in its wake.  Fortunately nobody below.

So despite its user friendly setting, Windmore remains a venue that bites back.  (2008 solo faller helicopter evacuation comes to mind).

Ann 71

 Saturday August 8th

Family get together - first since Christmas excepting of course the regular Zoom quiz sessions.

Blessed with perfect weather for a garden fuddle Chez Hez.  Lovely grub, fizz etc. and loads of catch up chat!  

Phil soaks it all up

Hosts doing a great job

Fabulous afternoon.

NYM Trad

July 29th

Feeling up for a switch from the top rope routine back to trad mode.  Where else to feel the way back but;

Scot Crags Scugdale

CB an ever present in year to date.  BP joined us for a chat and some lunch.  Not to mention a great set of third party pixels.  Great to be back in person after best part of five months.

What's more the crag was graced with the presence of the man responsible for getting me started on the last 22 years of climbing joy, Mr NP himself!  Still setting people off on their journey.

Marvellous.

AT ambles up an easy warm up.

Felt great though

CB makes it all look so easy

As usual

AT plays with a shape

Before finishing off the route a regulation one meter to the left. 

Pet's Corner was begging to be pawed over

AT has a peek at the pro spots

Gear in and go

Keep Calm

Top Out

CB woofs up it

NP gives bright young things the low down on lap coiling

BP back in his element

Hope to see some shapes soon

NP sticks with best practice

Keeping us all right as ever

Saints Wall S 4a

Pup's Climb S 4b

Pet's Corner HS 4b

Hadrian's Left (S 4b start)

Uncles (VS 4c)

Tooth and Nail HS 4c

Blaeberry Crack D

Scugdale Chimney VD

 

More Wind

Sunday 19th July

Hastily arranged flash return with CB for more top-roping at;

Windmore End

Completely forgot about the family quiz scheduled for 12.15 via Zoom.  So Mags had to go solo from our end.  Oh dear.

Anyway a few good routes done, no idea what they were except maybe Ardrox at 5a and Epitaph indirect at about 5b and C90 at 5b.

L-R

?

Epitaph

Scoop and Wall variation (AT)

Scoop and Wall (5c) CB

Ardrox (5a)

Ardrox one of my early HVS leads back at the start of this century

In the C90 area

CB on something steady

Three good routes around here.

(photomontage)

Unlocked

July 11th - 18th

Travel to second homes now authorised.  So time to do our civic duty and support the tourist trade.

Saturday- arrive
Sunday - Pete's chicken dinner special

Trip to Sussex Prairies 
Various sally forths along  the promenades.
Weather a bit windy, Monday and Friday both v warm
Friday - Curry Leaf Mags Birthday Brooker St delivery special.

At Sussex Prairies

A swift half on the front









Front features

4th Ave dawn


Venus
Moon

Another Ten!

Friday June 5th

The wonderful weather over the last few weeks disappeared and Friday was, as forecast, a meteorological melange.  So the sequence of family and friends drop in sessions was put off for another time if not another place.  And Amsterdam will still be above water in the coming months so we will get that trip back in the calendar.

Meanwhile we stayed in and had some fun!  P&P dropped by for socially distanced coffee and cake and chat in the garden room, festooned with flowers and plants arriving from all points north and south!

Festive!

Bunting

Looking good!












Bedecked

Cards

Bunting

Flowers

Plants

Gifts!



And CAKE!!!

Cake been got at.....

Bloomin marvellous!

Getting ready for the family ZOOM session





H and H not joined yet

Lasagne supper with foot scald incident

60's and seventies YouTube session followed by Sir Tom J

Saturday date night food from the Bay Horse

Sunday family ZOOM quiz.

ALL GO!